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and it was desirable to print the information received from them in 

 circulars for prompt distribution, the Association sanctioned additional 

 expenditure on the printing of these circulars, which has in recent years 

 been separately mentioned and has stood at the figure quoted — 701. 

 This does not quite cover the cost of the modern bulletins. 



Item No. (3) is the annual income from a sum of ],000l. in Canadian 

 Pacific 4% Stock, presented by Mr. M. H. Gray in aid of Milne's work. 



Since some years before Milne's death, the Eoyal Society have pro- 

 vided, either from the Government Grant Fund or in some other way, 

 an annual sum of 2001. in aid of the work. They have continued this 

 grant during the past tvvo years, but are in no way committed to its 

 future continuance. On Milne's death the Council of the British Associa- 

 tion decided to make an additional grant of lOOL annually from the 

 Caird benefaction. 



It will be seen that the available income is not only small but some- 

 what precarious. It is quite insufficient to pay the salary of a competent 

 Director, which would in itself amount to more than the whole sum 

 available. Moreover, items (1), (2), and (4) depend on decisions made 

 from year to year by bodies which are not committed for their future 

 continuance. 



Assuming that continuance for the present, the work can be carried 

 on as described below with voluntary superintendence. 



For completeness it should perhaps be mentioned that a sum of 

 1,000^. will ultimately be available for seismological work in accordance 

 with Milne's bequest. 



On the expenditure side item (A) chiefly represents the salaries of 

 three people who carry on the work at Shide, viz., Mr. J. H. Burgess 

 {1261. a year), who was already working under Milne's direction. He 

 has a printing business in Newport which claims a portion of his time ; 

 the rest he has given enthusiastically to seismology. It is practically 

 owing to him that the continuity of the work remained unbroken by 

 Milne's death. Mr. S. W. Pring {QOl. a year) is also in business, but spends 

 his evenings at the Observatory. His interest in the work began through 

 his knowledge of Russian and other languages, which made his help 

 valuable in translating seismological documents, especially the important 

 pamphlets in Russian ; but he has gradually made himself acquainted 

 with the whole of the work, so that he can take charge of it on occasions 

 when Mr. Burgess is unavoidably absent. His daughter. Miss K. Pring 

 {SQL a year), gives practically all her time to the work during the day ; 

 she is chiefly occupied with the large amount of clerical work involved 

 in copying the records received on to the cards, arranging the cards for 

 the bulletins, proof reading, &c. 



This leaves 181. out of the 240Z. entered, chiefly travelling expenses 

 of the present Director, who visits Shide five or six times a year ; the 

 remainder being paid to a charwoman for cleaning, &c. 



Item (B). The ' Shide Circulars,' which simply reproduced the in- 

 formation received from each station, have been replaced by Bulletins 

 which analyse the results. Expense has been minimised by printing 

 only the results for considerable earthquakes, but even then it is difiicult 

 to avoid exceeding slightly the grant definitely available for printing. 



Item (C). The rent for the Observatory was fixed by Mrs. Milne's 

 trustees, after consideration of the legal aspect of the question. The 



